Lexington Books
Pages: 218
Trim: 6⅜ x 9
978-1-7936-3021-6 • Hardback • February 2022 • $105.00 • (£81.00)
978-1-7936-3022-3 • eBook • February 2022 • $45.00 • (£35.00)
Lucas Savino is associate professor in the Centre for Global Studies at Huron University College.
Introduction: Indigenous Peoples in Contemporary Argentina
Chapter 1: Indigenous Peoples and the State: A Political and Conceptual Approach
Chapter 2: Of Hopes and Shadows: The State Problem in Argentina
Chapter 3: Pewmagen: A New Mapuche Political Subjectivity in Neuquén
Chapter 4: Accommodated Citizenship: New Spaces for Mapuche Activism
Chapter 5: Territorial Autonomy in Times of Neoliberal Multiculturalism and Extractivism
Conclusion: Towards a New Mapuche Politics
Decolonizing Patagonia: Mapuche Peoples and State Formation in Argentina makes many significant contributions. Lucas Savino offers deep insights into Indigenous political organizations and activism in Argentina, connecting Mapuche activism to discourses and practices of neoliberal multiculturalism. Savino also meaningfully addresses the gap in the literature of Indigenous movements in minority contexts. Most critically, this work illuminates the constraints and possibilities of Indigenous organizations and how Mapuche politics involves processes of negotiation as well as ongoing conflicts with the state.
— Natalia Castelnuovo Biraben, Universidad de Buenos Aires